A room by room journaling exercise or prompt

As you think of memories over the next year, there are all sorts of tricks to use to help us remember all of our past memories. After all, each of them have brought you where you are today and have made you who you are today.

Grab your journal and sit in every room in your house. Make a list of  everything,and I mean everything, you see. Once you do that, list every memory you have of each item. Then, write at least a page of each memory.

Then, think about all of the places you have lived and do the same as the above.

Then, think about other people's houses you have been in and the memories associated with the people, the rooms, and objects from each room if you can.

-- Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

A safe haven: Your journal

Your journal is a safe haven. It welcomes you, all of you, warts and all. Your journal will offer you unconditional acceptance and will not judge. It could care less if you are ugly at times, have poor penmanship or grammar, or if you are too emotional.

Your journal would rather you come to it often, and be all of the above, than not. It values you and your time more than any human being ever could. It offers you a safe haven to be fully you.

Set your imagination free in your journal. It is welcomed. Dream big. Your journal will help all of your dreams come true and will record your journey.

Go to your journal often. It is safe. You are welcomed and accepted as you are, but your journal can also help your wildest imaginations come true.

Come.

-- Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

New Beginnings: A Journaling Exercise or Prompt

Every New Year, every new journal, every new day, every new page in our journals offers us a new beginning to do with what we choose. 

How can we maximize these opportunities?

(Image Credit: Stacy Duplease 2009-2014.) 

Journaling when the unthinkable happens

You just got really bad news of some type--or something bad just happened--what-do-you-do?

What do you do when the unthinkable happens? What do you do when something so horrible that it's beyond your comprehension happens?

The answer is this: grieve and journal.

Then, when all else fails, journal. 

And, when you think you are doing better, journal.

And, when you have a relapse and it feels like it's happening all over again, journal.

Journal through the tough time. That's when journaling is the most important and the most useful to you.

And, whatever you do, NEVER delete  throw away, burn, or destroy these journals or journal entries. Keep them. They will be useful to you later to look at, evaluate, and see how you overcame. (Never mind how journaling helps you in the moment.)

Just journal.

You will get through this. You will. One breath at a time, one minute at a time, one hour at a time, one day at a time. You will get through. 

~ Stacy Duplease

Journalkeeper, Writer, & Blogger

Blessings Journaling: Always Give Thanks

Rather than do what is called gratitude journaling, do Counting of Blessings Journaling (or Blessings Journaling). 

The difference between the two is the second recognizes what God has done in one's life, around one's life, and through one's life.

JOURNALING EXERCISE OR PROMPT FOR 2013

Count the Blessings in your life each and every day all year long in 2013. Write at least 3 each day.

Most of the blessings you count, by the way, are memories. Therefore, you might want to write more about them later. This is another way to leave your legacy.

And, just think--if you're having a rough day, you can always look at the blessings you had before and it should re-motivate you and help you find blessings on those challenging days.

(Image Credit: Stacy Duplease 2009-2014.) 

A Storykeeper Odyssey Journaling Exercises and Prompts, Book 1

Welcome to some journaling exercises and prompts to help you get all
of your life's memories on the page in the upcoming year. I will
compose a list of at least 7 prompts several days week. Feel free to
do one, some, or, all. Also, you do not have to do them in order.

Here are the first 8 memory-stirrers:

1 List 25 memories. List the good, bad/ugly, and indifferent.

2 The first 5 memories that pop into my mind are...

3 When I think of January, it reminds me of the time when...

4 The cloudy day reminds me of when...

5 The top 10 memories of my life, good and bad, are...

6 When I think of the color red, it reminds me of when...

7 The snow reminds me of when...

8 My 10 happiest memories were when...

-- Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

Preparing your Journal for the New Year

Is your journal ready for the New Year?

I recommend starting a new journal for the New Year. 

Why? You might ask. Well, the answer is simple. It's the new start of a new year. It's a new beginning. start a new year with a blank slate. It's time to let 2012 go and start afresh.

Start with this blog post: 

http://storykeeper2121.blogspot.com/2012/12/journaling-preparation-for-2013.html

Then, the moment you can, journal on the 1st of January your first blog entry. Stay up late and journal at midnight if you want. OR, write when you first wake and greet the New Year. 

Start the 1st blog entry with: "Welcome  New Year" as a journaling prompt and welcome her in and talk about your hopes and dreams for 2013 and of your journal. 

Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

My Storykeeper Odyssey in 2013: Journaling & Memoir

Email: storykeeper2121@gmail.com

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